New York City FC vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

New York City FC

4 – 1

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Columbus Crew SC

Fri 30 Jul 2021 · 23:30 UTC Yankee Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Thiago 36' Y

Gudmundur Thorarinsson 41' Y

Y 49' Pedro Santos

Valentin Castellanos 55' Y

Jesus Medina 69' Y

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at Yankee Stadium.

New York City FC 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

New York City FC 20 games · Avg 2.9 goals Columbus Crew SC

Last 5 meetings

2021-07-30 New York City FC 4–1 Columbus Crew SC 2021-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 New York City FC 2021-05-22 New York City FC 0–0 Columbus Crew SC 2020-10-18 Columbus Crew SC 3–1 New York City FC 2020-08-24 New York City FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	H	4–1	W
25 Jul	Orlando City SC	H	5–0	W
21 Jul	Montreal Impact FC	H	1–0	W
17 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L
07 Jul	Montreal Impact FC	A	1–2	L
27 Jun	D.C. United SC	H	2–1	W

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Jul	New York City FC	A	1–4	L
24 Jul	Atlanta United FC	A	1–0	W
21 Jul	Nashville SC	H	0–0	D
17 Jul	New York City FC	H	2–1	W
09 Jul	FC Cincinnati	A	2–2	D
03 Jul	New England Revolution	H	2–2	D

Season Stats

New York City FC		Columbus Crew SC
#10	Position	#7
42	Points	47
34	Played	34
10 / 12 / 12	W / D / L	14 / 5 / 15
49	Scored	59
45	Conceded	52
+4	GD	+7
1.24	PPG	1.38
29%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

26% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

New York City FC are 10th (42 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 7th (47 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

6/5

31-45

6/8

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/6

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

4/8

16-30

12/7

31-45

7/7

46-60

10/2

61-75

7/5

76+

6/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	16 G	6 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Columbus Crew SC

Diego Rossi	6 G	1 A
Wessam Abou Ali	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Yankee Stadium that hosts another battle between New York City FC and Columbus Crew SC.
5' Columbus Crew SC is showing some good football. However, Columbus Crew SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
10' Columbus Crew SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
14' Valentin Castellanos adds to his 1 season tally! New York City FC lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
19' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with New York City FC winning 100% of all matches.
24' Both keepers have barely been tested. New York City FC and Columbus Crew SC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
29' Columbus Crew SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
33' The supporters are chanting for Alfredo Morales. He replaces Nicolas Acevedo on 33 minute.
35' What composure from Thiago! The international strokes it home. 2-0.
36' New York City FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 36.
41' The referee shows New York City FC player a Yellow card on 41.
46' Keaton Parks needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 4 Red cards this season.
49' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Pedro Santos.
51' GOAL! Keaton Parks scores on 51.
55' New York City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
60' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
62' Time for substitution for Columbus Crew SC. Harrison Afful is replaced by Saad Abdul-Salam.
64' A change in the New York City FC ranks — Thiago exits the field as Santiago Rodriguez enters on 64.
69' Controversy at the stadium! Jesus Medina argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
71' GOAL! Santiago Rodriguez fires home to make it 4-0!
75' Fresh legs for Columbus Crew SC! Waylon Francis comes on to replace Lucas Zelarayan.
80' It’s high time Caleb Porter made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
81' A change in the New York City FC ranks — Maxi Moralez exits the field as Andres Jasson enters on 81.
82' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Jesus Medina is replaced by Tony Rocha on 82 minute.
87' Bradley Wright-Phillips, a England , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
It finishes all square. New York City FC and Columbus Crew SC share the spoils 4-1.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

3
Anton Tinnerholm
11
Valentin Castellanos
10
Maxi Moralez ↓ Andres Jasson 81'
4
Maxime Chanot
6
Alexander Callens
19
Jesus Medina ↓ Tony Rocha 82'
55
Keaton Parks
13
Luis Barraza
26
Nicolas Acevedo ↓ Alfredo Morales 33'
20
Gudmundur Thorarinsson ↓ Malte Amundsen 64'
8
Thiago ↓ Santiago Rodriguez 64'

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Eloy Room
99
Bradley Wright-Phillips ↓ Erik Hurtado 62'
17
Marlon Hairston
4
Jonathan Mensah
25
Harrison Afful ↓ Saad Abdul-Salam 62'
7
Pedro Santos
9
Kevin Molino
6
Darlington Nagbe ↓ Liam Fraser 82'
30
Aboubacar Keita
12
Luis Diaz ↓ Derrick Etienne 62'
10
Lucas Zelarayan ↓ Waylon Francis 75'

Bench

20
Alexandru Matan
22
Derrick Etienne ↑ 62'
18
Liam Fraser ↑ 82'
23
Grant Lillard
14
Waylon Francis ↑ 75'
24
Evan Bush
33
Erik Hurtado ↑ 62'
27
Miguel Berry
26
Saad Abdul-Salam ↑ 62'

Coach Caleb Porter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Hannes Wolf	5
Valentin Castellanos	5
Lucas Zelarayan	4
Pedro Santos	3
Daniel Gazdag	2
Agustin Ojeda	2
Christian Ramirez	2
Santiago Rodriguez	2

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2021-07-30 New York City FC 4–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2021-07-25 New York City FC 5–0 Orlando City SC W 2021-07-21 New York City FC 1–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2021-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 New York City FC L 2021-07-07 Montreal Impact FC 2–1 New York City FC L 2021-06-27 New York City FC 2–1 D.C. United SC W

Columbus Crew SC Form

2021-07-30 New York City FC 4–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-07-24 Atlanta United FC 0–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2021-07-21 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Nashville SC D 2021-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 New York City FC W 2021-07-09 FC Cincinnati 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2021-07-03 Columbus Crew SC 2–2 New England Revolution D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.92 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.19 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC52% Draw24% Columbus Crew SC24%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.11

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	59%	41%
± 3.5	38%	62%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

77%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

48%

New York City FC or Columbus Crew SC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC39% Draw42% Columbus Crew SC19%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–1 not predicted

4 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

11.1%

2 – 1

9.4%

2 – 0

8.1%

1 – 0

7.9%

0 – 0

6.1%

3 – 1

1 – 2

5.9%

2 – 2

5.6%

3 – 0

5.1%

0 – 1

4.5%

3 – 2

3.6%

0 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	16%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	22%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	13%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.